Overview
- The multiple-vehicle collision at kilometer 17 of the Panamericana Sur on Jan. 14 left two EMAPE workers, Jéssica Corachahua Toledo and Wilfredo Rosales Mallma, dead and at least eight people injured.
- Authorities have criminally reported the truck driver, the Fiscalía opened preliminary proceedings to request preventive detention, and the driver remains under investigation.
- The Municipality of Lima declared institutional mourning, ordered flags at half-mast, suspended the Serenata a Lima, and tasked its procuraduría with pursuing legal action.
- Relatives say Corachahua Toledo was on her second day at the job and ask for psychological assistance and financial support for her two children, as families demand reparations.
- Municipal statements note the driver had prior infractions, and EMAPE says the work zone was signposted with cones as investigators assess responsibility for the crash.